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Re: [TowerTalk] Common-mode choke

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Common-mode choke
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 09:53:19 -0700
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On 5/20/2014 9:42 AM, David Robbins wrote:
Operators here say they can hear just fine and the station is loud 
everywhere...   so what am I missing????

You may be blessed with a very quiet location. Good for you. Most of us are not. The high choking Z does two things. It prevents the feedline from filling in the nulls in the pattern, and it provides a higher power rating.

73, Jim K9YC
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